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Voxel Synthesis for Generative Design

Jeffrey Huang, Matvey Khokhlov, Immanuel Chee Beng Koh

In the ever-evolving world of computer rendering technologies, the demand for more original and diverse 3D models is ever-increasing, to the point where the man-hours required to create these models for video games, movies and architectural designs are now ...

Springer2019

Ontology-Based Resource Allocation for Internet of Things

Damiano Nunzio Arena, Zeinab Nezami

The Internet of Things has revolutionized the lifestyle in all aspects. Considering the huge number of connected objects and the plethora of real-time services, edge computing approaches have emerged. Resource allocation is one of the most important challe ...

SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG2019

Reactive Motion Planning for Human-Robot Cooperative Tasks Under Uncertainties

Aude Billard, Mahdi Khoramshahi

Assistive robotics aims to design physically collaborative robots which are able to help human partners with cumbersome tasks; for instance, lifting a heavy plank/guard and inserting it into a frame at the ceiling. To reduce human load-share, it is expecte ...

2019

A dynamical system approach to task-adaptation in physical human-robot interaction

Aude Billard, Mahdi Khoramshahi

The goal of this work is to enable robots to intelligently and compliantly adapt their motions to the intention of a human during physical Human-Robot Interaction in a multi-task setting. We employ a class of parameterized dynamical systems that allows for ...

SPRINGER2019

Caching in Heterogeneous Networks With Per-File Rate Constraints

Giuseppe Cocco

We study the problem of caching optimization in heterogeneous networks with mutual interference and per-file rate constraints from an energy efficiency perspective. A setup is considered in which two cache-enabled transmitter nodes and a coordinator node s ...

2019

Safety In Research Institutions: How to Better Communicate the Risks using Numerical Simulations

Thierry Meyer, Anna Maria Novello, Damien Stricker, Riccardo Iannarelli

What are the risks for the personnel following a gas leak in a laboratory? How effective are the safety measures (gas detection) put in place? Are users aware of how fast they can be exposed? These questions have been approached with the intent to better c ...

2019

Personalized Telerobotics by Fast Machine Learning of Body-Machine Interfaces

Dario Floreano, Fabrizio Schiano, Matteo Macchini

Human-Robot Interfaces (HRIs) can be hard to master for inexperienced users, making the teleoperation of mobile robots a difficult task. The development of Body-Machine Interfaces (BoMIs) represents a promising approach to making a user more proficient, by ...

2019

Why the World Reads Wikipedia: Beyond English Speakers

Robert West

As one of the Web's primary multilingual knowledge sources, Wikipedia is read by millions of people across the globe every day. Despite this global readership, little is known about why users read Wikipedia's various language editions. To bridge this gap, ...

ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY2019

Towards a Solution to the Red Wedding Problem

Edge computing promises lower latency interactions for clients operating at the edge by shifting computation away from Data Centers to Points of Presence which are more abundant and located geographically closer to end users. However, most commercially ava ...

2018

Jacket for embodied interaction with virtual or distal robotic device

David Atienza Alonso, Dario Floreano, Stefano Mintchev, Fabio Isidoro Tiberio Dell'Agnola, Carine Rognon, Alice Ghislaine Concordel

A system for interacting with a remote object comprising a wearable jacket for a user, two actuators for supporting arms of the user, motors for causing movements to at least one of a torso and the arms of the user, and sensors for measuring at least one o ...

2018

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